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Cuts (rushes, out takes) for stories in Colour Pictorial - CP 359. The original stories are on Pathe Master tape *PM0159*.

01:46:56 - 01:50:08 cuts for story COOKIE DOLLS (aka FILM STAR DOLLS) in CP 359. Various shots of dolls of famous film stars, pop stars and members of the royal family - similar or identical to those in the cut story. In addition, there is some unused footage - there are several C/Us of a little girl, probably 10 year old Kathryn, the daughter of Vina Cooke, the woman making the dolls. The little girl is looking at the framed doll of the Queen. There are also further shots of dolls different to those in the finished version - amongst them are a Japanese doll and a black doll in a feather boa.

01:50:08 - 01:58:06 cuts for missing story PENTATHLON in CP 359. These cuts are from a story that is currently missing.

Aldershot, Hampshire.

According to the paperwork, this story is about three young men training to represent Britain in the International Pentathlon Championships. High angle L/S of an outdoors shooting range. Three men in 'Great Britain' shirts walk into shot, take aim and fire repeatedly at three man shaped targets. M/S of the men taking aim, from the front. M/S of the targets as the men count the number of bullet holes. C/U of one of the men marking the bullet holes with chalk, he turns a talks to someone off camera.

L/S of the three men on chestnut horses jumping over a large log. M/S of a man in a 'Great Britain' shirt with an army officer and a man in jodhpurs observing the three riders scrambling down a slope. C/U of the men observing. M/S of shrubs at end of a field. The three observers walk into shot chatting and watch as the three riders gallop past through the shrubs. M/S of two of the observers listening to the army officer talk. Various L/Ss of the three riders galloping through woodland. Various M/Ss of the three dismounting with the help of the man in jodhpurs and the forth man in a 'Great Britain' shirt.

M/S of the three men climbing out of an indoor swimming pool to talk to an army uniformed instructor. C/U of the three men swimming to the end of the pool, panning shot as they climb out. The instructor watches one of them dive. M/S of the swimmer diving into the water. Various shots of the instructor giving diving instructions to the swimmers. High angle L/S of the swimmers about to dive. M/S of the instructor holding a stop watch.

M/S of the three men practising fencing outdoors with the help of another instructor. High angle shot of the men swimming. M/S of the men running uphill through woodland. Various shots of the men running through woodland. Various shots of the men fencing. C/U of the fencing instructor breaking up a dual between two of the men, they chat and laugh.